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SEALASKA HERITAGE TO SPONSOR FALL LECTURE SERIES Free event to be offered in-person, virtually Aug. 31, 2022 Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a free fall lecture series on topics ranging from clan crests, lost Alaskans, historical trauma in Alaska Native peoples and whether there should be a constitutional convention. All lectures will be at [...]

SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE BY TLINGIT LEADER ON RECENT RAISING OF HONOR TOTEM POLE IN CRAIG Stone fish trap could be oldest ever found in the world Sept. 22, 2022 (All Lectures)  Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture by a Tlingit leader on the recent raising of the Sukteeneidí totem pole in Craig, [...]

SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON STATUS OF LINGÍT BY TLINGIT LANGUAGE PROFESSOR Free event to be offered in-person, virtually Sept. 14, 2022 (All Lectures)  Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture this Thursday on the status of Lingít by a Tlingit language professor as part of its fall series covering a wide variety of [...]

KETCHIKAN EDUCATOR WINS SHI’S “TEACHER OF DISTINCTION” AWARD Honor given during SHI’s 2022 Culturally Responsive Education Conference Aug. 12, 2021 A Ketchikan teacher was honored with the 2022 “Teacher of Distinction” award by Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) today during SHI’s Culturally Responsive Education Conference. Teresa Dl’a Gwa T’awaa Varnell, a teacher and cultural coordinator for the [...]

SHI TO SPONSOR LECTURE ON OLD TRAVEL ROUTES BETWEEN ALASKA, CANADA Free event to be offered virtually, in-person Aug. 11, 2021 (About the Lecturer) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a free lecture next week on old travel routes between northern Southeast Alaska and Canada. Through the lecture, Trails from Long Ago: the Deishu-Chilkat Trail [...]

SHI PUBLISHES BOOK ON HISTORIC FIGHT TO PROTECT INDIAN POINT (History) (Get the Book) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has published a book documenting the historic and decades-long battle to protect Juneau’s Indian Point, considered to be a sacred site to Native people. The book, National Recognition of the Traditional Cultural Significance of X'unáx̱i (Indian Point), [...]

DOCTORAL STUDENT IN ALASKA NATIVE STUDIES WINS JUDSON BROWN SCHOLARSHIP Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has chosen a Ph.D. student with a focus on Alaska Native sovereignty as the recipient of its 2021 Judson L. Brown Leadership Award. The honor was given to Tlingit scholar Breylan Náajeyistláa Martin, who holds a master’s degree from Brown University and [...]

SHI TO KICK OFF FIFTH CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE EDUCATION CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK (Register) (Keynote Speakers) (Breakout Sessions) (Conference Website) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will kick off its fifth annual culturally responsive education conference next week and welcome more than 650 in-person and online participants from Alaska, the Lower 48 and as far away as Australia. The [...]

SHI ANNOUNCES DATES FOR CELEBRATION 2024 (About Celebration) (Watch)  The Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) Board of Trustees have announced the dates for the next in-person Celebration will be June 5-8, 2024, in Juneau, Alaska. Celebration is one of the largest gatherings of Southeast Alaska Native peoples, drawing thousands of people, including more than 2,000 dancers. Celebration [...]